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git-diff-tree(1)
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NAME
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git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects


SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [--root] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]

DESCRIPTION
-----------
Compares the content and mode of the blobs found via two tree objects.

If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents
(see --stdin below).

Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.

OPTIONS
-------
include::diff-options.txt[]

<tree-ish>::
	The id of a tree object.

<path>...::
	If provided, the results are limited to a subset of files
	matching one of these prefix strings.
	ie file matches `/^<pattern1>|<pattern2>|.../`
	Note that this parameter does not provide any wildcard or regexp
	features.

-r::
        recurse into sub-trees

-t::
	show tree entry itself as well as subtrees.  Implies -r.

--root::
	When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
	creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.

--stdin::
	When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take
	<tree-ish> arguments from the command line.  Instead, it
	reads either one <commit> or a pair of <tree-ish>
	separated with a single space from its standard input.
+
When a single commit is given on one line of such input, it compares
the commit with its parents.  The following flags further affects its
behaviour.  This does not apply to the case where two <tree-ish>
separated with a single space are given.

-m::
	By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" does not show
	differences for merge commits.  With this flag, it shows
	differences to that commit from all of its parents.

-s::
	By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" shows differences,
	either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch
	form (with '-p').  This output can be supressed.  It is
	only useful with '-v' flag.

-v::
	This flag causes "git-diff-tree --stdin" to also show
	the commit message before the differences.

--pretty[=(raw|medium|short)]::
	This is used to control "pretty printing" format of the
	commit message.  Without "=<style>", it defaults to
	medium.


Limiting Output
---------------
If you're only interested in differences in a subset of files, for
example some architecture-specific files, you might do:

	git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64

and it will only show you what changed in those two directories.

Or if you are searching for what changed in just `kernel/sched.c`, just do

	git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c

and it will ignore all differences to other files.

The pattern is always the prefix, and is matched exactly.  There are no
wildcards.  Even stricter, it has to match a complete path component.
I.e. "foo" does not pick up `foobar.h`.  "foo" does match `foo/bar.h`
so it can be used to name subdirectories.

An example of normal usage is:

  torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git-diff-tree 5319e4......
  *100664->100664 blob    ac348b.......->a01513.......      git-fsck-objects.c

which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from
this one:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
commit 3c6f7ca19ad4043e9e72fa94106f352897e651a8
tree 5319e4d609cdd282069cc4dce33c1db559539b03
parent b4e628ea30d5ab3606119d2ea5caeab141d38df7
author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005

Make "git-fsck-objects" print out all the root commits it finds.

Once I do the reference tracking, I'll also make it print out all the
HEAD commits it finds, which is even more interesting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

in case you care).

Output format
-------------
include::diff-format.txt[]


Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
--------------
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

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2cf565c5 DG	1	git-diff-tree(1)
2cf565c5 DG	2	================
2cf565c5 DG	3
	4	NAME
	5	----
	6	git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects
	7
	8
	9	SYNOPSIS
	10	--------
50b8e355	11	'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [--root] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
2cf565c5 DG	12
	13	DESCRIPTION
	14	-----------
	15	Compares the content and mode of the blobs found via two tree objects.
	16
ff8489cb RW	17	If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents
	18	(see --stdin below).
	19
2cf565c5 DG	20	Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.
	21
	22	OPTIONS
	23	-------
dda2d79a JH	24	include::diff-options.txt[]
dda2d79a JH	25
2cf565c5 DG	26	<tree-ish>::
	27	The id of a tree object.
	28
232b75ab	29	<path>...::
2cf565c5 DG	30	If provided, the results are limited to a subset of files
	31	matching one of these prefix strings.
	32	ie file matches `/^<pattern1>\|<pattern2>\|.../`
232b75ab	33	Note that this parameter does not provide any wildcard or regexp
2cf565c5 DG	34	features.
2cf565c5 DG	35
50b8e355 CS	36	-r::
	37	recurse into sub-trees
	38
4cae1a96 JH	39	-t::
	40	show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r.
	41
0746b620 TG	42	--root::
	43	When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
	44	creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.
	45
2cf565c5 DG	46	--stdin::
	47	When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take
	48	<tree-ish> arguments from the command line. Instead, it
	49	reads either one <commit> or a pair of <tree-ish>
	50	separated with a single space from its standard input.
	51	+
	52	When a single commit is given on one line of such input, it compares
	53	the commit with its parents. The following flags further affects its
	54	behaviour. This does not apply to the case where two <tree-ish>
	55	separated with a single space are given.
	56
	57	-m::
	58	By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" does not show
	59	differences for merge commits. With this flag, it shows
	60	differences to that commit from all of its parents.
	61
	62	-s::
	63	By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" shows differences,
	64	either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch
	65	form (with '-p'). This output can be supressed. It is
	66	only useful with '-v' flag.
	67
	68	-v::
	69	This flag causes "git-diff-tree --stdin" to also show
	70	the commit message before the differences.
	71
232b75ab JH	72	--pretty[=(raw\|medium\|short)]::
	73	This is used to control "pretty printing" format of the
	74	commit message. Without "=<style>", it defaults to
	75	medium.
	76
2cf565c5 DG	77
	78	Limiting Output
	79	---------------
	80	If you're only interested in differences in a subset of files, for
	81	example some architecture-specific files, you might do:
	82
	83	git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64
	84
	85	and it will only show you what changed in those two directories.
	86
	87	Or if you are searching for what changed in just `kernel/sched.c`, just do
	88
	89	git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c
	90
	91	and it will ignore all differences to other files.
	92
	93	The pattern is always the prefix, and is matched exactly. There are no
2c6e4771	94	wildcards. Even stricter, it has to match a complete path component.
2cf565c5 DG	95	I.e. "foo" does not pick up `foobar.h`. "foo" does match `foo/bar.h`
	96	so it can be used to name subdirectories.
	97
	98	An example of normal usage is:
	99
	100	torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git-diff-tree 5319e4......
215a7ad1	101	*100664->100664 blob ac348b.......->a01513....... git-fsck-objects.c
2cf565c5 DG	102
	103	which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from
	104	this one:
	105
df8baa42 JF	106	-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	107	commit 3c6f7ca19ad4043e9e72fa94106f352897e651a8
	108	tree 5319e4d609cdd282069cc4dce33c1db559539b03
	109	parent b4e628ea30d5ab3606119d2ea5caeab141d38df7
	110	author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005
	111	committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005
	112
	113	Make "git-fsck-objects" print out all the root commits it finds.
	114
	115	Once I do the reference tracking, I'll also make it print out all the
	116	HEAD commits it finds, which is even more interesting.
	117	-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2cf565c5 DG	118
	119	in case you care).
	120
	121	Output format
	122	-------------
	123	include::diff-format.txt[]
	124
	125
	126	Author
	127	------
	128	Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
	129
	130	Documentation
	131	--------------
	132	Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
	133
	134	GIT
	135	---
a7154e91	136	Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
2cf565c5	137